So you missed out on your tickets to the 48th Anniversary Spectacular Tour of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Patricia Quinn, the original 1975 film’s Magenta, at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. Never fear. There’s still plenty else to do this weekend, including a film festival, a new reading of an ancient story, the opening of an exhibit about Isabella Stewart Gardner and more. Here are a few ways you might enjoy spending your weekend.
Thursday, Oct. 19
This reading of “The Odyssey” will feature actors with scripts in hands after a two-week workshop with the materials. This performance marks the early stages of a new work commissioned by the American Repertory Theater. Kate Hamill, who adapted Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” in 2014, is reworking Homer’s epic ancient Greek poem. The story follows the tail end of Odysseus’s 10-year journey home to Ithaca after fighting in the Trojan War. For those who haven’t attended workshops before, play readings are helpful to the creatives to gauge how an audience interacts with a story. For the crowd, it’s an opportunity to watch a creative process progress as a play goes from its infancy and hopefully works toward a fully formed production. While the show is free, visitors are encouraged to RSVP.
Opening Thursday, Oct. 19
As an art enthusiast and museum founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner was an expert curator. The enduring success of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is proof that she had a keen understanding of presentation and curation. This exhibit, “Inventing Isabella,” focuses on the museum founder’s curatorial skills at shaping her own self-image using art, fashion and photography. One notable work from the collection is John Singer Sargent’s portrait of Gardner— the two were close friends. This exhibit explores the lore and legend surrounding Gardner featuring pieces that are contextualized with how the public reacted at the time as well as what the museum can gather from…
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